Question

Quincy folds a piece of cardboard to make the three sides of a triangular prism open at top and bottom. The triangle prism and the piece of cardboard that he used are show below. What is the area of the piece of cardboard?

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Answer:

500 square centimeters

Explanation:

From the question above, we are told that the top and bottom of the triangular prism is open.

Hence, the area of the piece of the cardboard is = Lateral Surface Area of the triangular prism

The formula for Lateral Surface Area of a Triangular Prism = Perimeter of the Triangular prism × Height of the Triangular prism.

Perimeter of the Triangular prism = Side a + Side b + Side c

Where Side a = 9cm

Side b = 9cm

Side c = 7 cm

Perimeter of the Triangular prism = 9cm + 9cm + 7cm

= 25cm

Height of the Triangular prism = 20cm

The Lateral Surface Area of the Triangular prism = 25cm × 20cm

= 500cm² or 500 square centimeters.

Since we are told that Lateral Surface Area = Area of the cardboard,

The Area of the cardboard = 500 cm² or 500 square centimeters.